Mugabe wife Grace tipped for VP post

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s wife has emerged as the front runner to replace one of the veteran ruler’s deputies fired on Monday for showing ‘disloyalty’.

Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa was accused by First Lady Grace Mugabe of plotting against her husband before he was shown the door by his boss.

The expulsion has seen structures of the ruling Zanu-PF rushing to endorse the president’s 52-year-old wife to be one of the two vice-presidents.

Zanu-PF youths said they were backing a review of the party’s constitution during a congress set for next month to ensure one of the VP posts is reserved for a woman.

“Keeping in mind that the woman Vice-President shall be the Vice-President of the whole nation, youth league included, it had ignited in us, to take interest and position in the selection of the woman candidate,” Zanu-PF youth secretary Kudzai Chipanga said.

“It has to be one who is acceptable and with unquestionable loyalty to the party and its principal, the President Cde RG Mugabe, and more importantly, one without ambitions to work against the President,” he added.